Chorus
Chorus at Southbank Centre is a new festival devoted to the life-enhancing activity of choral singing. Since the launch of Voicelab in February 2007, directed by Mary King, Southbank Centre has become the focus for singers from every background and singing of every kind, whether it be classical, jazz, pop, gospel or beatboxing. Chorus features some of the finest professional and non-professional choral groups in the UK, including Associate Artists The Sixteen and Southbank Centre's own Voicelab choirs, and gives everyone the opportunity to participate. From Vaughan Williams to a capella music, from nightly choral clubs and karaoke to mass singing on The Clore Ballroom, this is a celebration of the human voice and the sheer joy of singing.
Please note: if you are booking online for more than one series, you will need to book each series in separate transactions in order to receive the appropriate series discount. Alternatively, please call the Ticket Office on 0871 663 2500.
events in this series
Front Room
Choral Club: Gospel with Ken Burton & Tina Brooks
Thursday 15 May 2008
Wind down at the end of the working day with an hour-long singing session: each evening a different guest director takes you through a selection of pieces across different styles.
Admission free
Queen Elizabeth Hall
The Sixteen
Thursday 15 May 2008
An evening of poetry and music, all emanating from Orpheus, the father of song.
£25 £20 £15 £11 £8 Premium seats £33
Front Room
Choral Club Karaoke
Thursday 15 May 2008 - Saturday 17 May 2008
Step up to one of the mics on The Front Room stage, and perform a song from Southbank Centre's own karaoke selection, specially installed for Chorus.
Admission free
Front Room
Choral Club: Jazz with Anita Wardell
Friday 16 May 2008
Wind down at the end of the working day with an hour-long singing session: each evening a different guest director takes you through a selection of pieces across different styles.
Admission free
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Coro Cervantes & Cardiff Polyphonic Choir
Friday 16 May 2008
An exciting programme of Spanish music, where several works are heard for the first time in Britain.
£22 £18 £15 £11 £8
Purcell Room
Swingle Singers
Friday 16 May 2008
After four decades of international popularity, this eightvoice a cappella group brings its vocal virtuosity and dazzling arrangements to Southbank Centre.
£20
Front Room
The Vocal Beatbox Orchestra Workshop
Saturday 17 May 2008
Take part in a beatboxing workshop led by Southbank Centre Artist in Residence Shlomo, and then perform in the concert in Queen Elizabeth Hall at 8pm, adding your voice to the world's largest beatbox choir.
Admission free to concert ticket holders
Queen Elizabeth Hall
London Adventist Chorale
Saturday 17 May 2008
The award-winning London Adventist Chorale is the UK's unique custodian of the fine choral music of the African-American tradition.
£25 £20 £15 £11 £8
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra presents the World's Largest Beatbox Choir
Saturday 17 May 2008
This special concert sees the long awaited return of Shlomo's eight-piece beatboxing ensemble The Vocal Orchestra.
£15
The Clore Ballroom
BBC Choir of the Year Showcase
Sunday 18 May 2008
In association with BBC Radio 3, this event includes performances by some of the past winners and finalists from The Choir of the Year, giving a taste of what will be in store in December when the final of the 2008 competition is held at Royal Festival Hall.
Admission free
The Clore Ballroom
Choral Club Climax
Sunday 18 May 2008
Uniquely created for Chorus, enjoy the results of the daily choral club sessions, as all the music learned throughout the week in the Choral Club sessions is performed in this closing event.
Admission free
Royal Festival Hall
The Fron Male Voice Choir plus Special Guests
Sunday 18 May 2008
The Fron Male Voice Choir features singers who range in age from teenagers to octogenarians. Their repertoire includes everything from opera to West End dazzle.
£32.50 £27.50 £20.00
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Highgate Choral Society
Sunday 18 May 2008
Beethoven wrote on the score of Missa Solemnis: 'From the heart - may it go to the heart.If any work comes from the heart, this is it.
£28 £26 £22 £18 £13
